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Winner • National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography)Longlisted • PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyBefore Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell—the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation.George Bird...
A NEW IN NONFICTION PEOPLE PICK | A TIME TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2017 | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Huffington Post • Glamour• Bustle • RedEye A Los Angeles Times bestseller**One of BookRiot's '11 Books to Help Us Make It Through a Trump Presidency'****One of...
Jews in the Garden is a true story of courage, loss, and uncovering secrets long hidden by war and silence.1944: Heavy footfalls thud on the road on a rainy May night. A band of gunmen scour a hilltop farm, acting on rumors that it harbors a Jewish family. For 18...
New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years,...
"This is one of the most important books of the decade, and it should be required reading for all who love the outdoors." —Kenn Kaufman, author of Kaufman Field GuidesIn 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A unique collection of life lessons from renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés José Andrés is a chef, an entrepreneur, an author, a television host, and a tireless humanitarian leader across the globe. A Michelin-starred chef...
“Rohter’s crisp biography is a welcome addition to the new, more inclusive canon.” —Rachel Slade, New York Times Book ReviewA thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist who guided Theodore Roosevelt on his...
An epic story of the triumph of good over evil. The soldiers of D Company could not believe their eyes as they came face-to-face with the human cost of Hitler’s evil: two teenage boys—survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald—who had escaped. The Boys in the Light follows...
"McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable."—Michael F. Bishop,...
A “heartfelt and thoroughly enriching” (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her...